Year break (歳破)Compass termsNine Star Ki 九星気学

歲破 is defined purely by the calendar: whichever direction this year's branch occupies, the one opposite it is 歲破. 2026 is a 丙午 year, 午 is due south, so 歲破 is due north. It has nothing to do with the nine stars — it's a separate layer of rule drawn on the same dial.

Opposition appears everywhere in the Chinese calendar: branches six apart oppose, meaning two forces meeting head-on. Meeting head-on isn't destruction, it's cancellation — effort spent in the opposed direction has part of itself eaten.

So 歲破 means a loss of efficiency rather than a catastrophe. The longer the horizon, the more the loss accumulates, which is exactly why it registers on a house move and not on a business trip. Once you see the mechanism, the rule turns out to be quite mild.